The Tuesday Morning Post: Don't forget your Consortium g... oh wait
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Dec 2nd 2008 at 5:30AM
So It's December 2nd. Normally, that means that your plans should probably include a quick trip out to Nagrand for a sack of gems. But a little something happened this past month that's sort of changed that up a little bit. Still, maybe it's a good idea to visit good old Gehze one more time, for old time's sake, eh?Actually, I'm a bit disappointed in the Consortium. I really expected them to leverage their vast profits in Outlands to spearhead a movement into Azeroth. They could be making a killing off of Nerubian carapaces and Frostwyrm bone ivory right now... and handing us a bag of Northrend gems every month. Come on, get with it guys.
But seriously. The point is, it's Tuesday morning. And that means downtime. It's an extra long downtime today, 3 AM to 11 AM PST. That means you have plenty of time to browse WoW Insider. Allow me, as is my wont, to suggest some choice articles, guides, and features from the past week for your enjoyment, after the break.
Hot News and Features
- As always, you'll probably want to check out recent issues of the Queue, to see if one of your burning questions or even a question you never knew you had has been answered.
- Have a hankering to check your achievement score at work or school? The official armory can help you with that now.
- If you're planning to tackle the dungeon of Wrath any time soon, you'll want to check out our illustrated tour.
- Dual Specs are at the forefront of everyone's mind right now it seems. Ghostcrawler is speaking out about them too.
Class News and Guides
- Tanks and Theorycrafters will definitely be interested in Ghostcrawler's dissertation on defense.
- Some long awaited -- and long dreaded -- Paladin changes will be going in with patch 3.0.4.
- Elemental Shamans will also be getting some changes in the next patch.
- Also for Shamans, we have a guide to getting rewards out of the mid-70s Northrend zones.
- Rogues, confused about reputation rewards? Check our guide to Rogue reputation rewards in Wrath.
- Hunters, we have a reputation rewards guide for you as well.
- Mages... Yeah, here's a reputation reward guide for you too.
- Finally, here's a Death Knight reputation reward guide as well.
- Also for Death Knights, we have some advice on running your first instance.
- Warriors, ever wonder what happened with Heroic Leap? Be enlightened.
- Arms Warriors may like the latest installment of The Care and Feeding of Warriors.
- Healing Priests, getting ready to raid? You'll want to check out this trinket guide.
Items, Professions, Dungeons, and Reputations
- Be sure to check out the first installment of our new Wrath Dailies series, The Way to His Heart.
- If you still feel like celebrating Thanksgiving, why not slaughter a few turkeys?
- For gatherers, we have a guide for gathering professions in Northrend.
- If you're a new pet collector, or an old one who's knowledge of old world pets is a bit rusty, check out five old world vanity pets you may have missed.
- Speaking of pet collections, Pet collectors will almost definitely want to get some Oracle reputation. That Mysterious Egg has some pretty cool stuff inside of it.
- If you're an aspiring Lore Nerd or an achievement hound, you'll want to know how to get the Well Read achievement.
- What should someone know when preparing to get into dungeon running? Our readers sound off in the latest Ask WoW Insider.
- Getting ready to head into Naxxaramas already? You might want to check out our guide to the Arachnid Quarter.
Odds and Ends
- 15 Minutes of Fame recently sat down with one of WoW's most amazing tanks.
- Guild Fans rejoice. The first episode of the second season has arrived.
- Is Varian Wrynn justified? Matthew Rossi gave us his take on the whole messy matter.
- Gaming isn't an addiction, a professional therapists says (finally!).
- Speaking of The Guild, Felicia Day's been pretty active around the net lately, including having a chat with Mike on last week's WoW Insider Show. She's also been heard giving out a bit of dating advice for the guys.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Realm Status, News items, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
stunts01 Dec 2nd 2008 6:37AM
you done the gem reminder already.
http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/01/from-outland-with-gems
onetrueping Dec 2nd 2008 7:08AM
This isn't a "get your gems" post. It's a "Tuesday Maintenance" post with a humorous intro. Please read the articles before commenting, and take note of the tags.
Aelwythe Dec 2nd 2008 7:35AM
Ok I've never made one of these nitpicky posts before but dear God...it's Outland not Outlands, please don't encourage that sort of thing.
/cry
McDuff Dec 2nd 2008 8:36AM
While you're no doubt correct, there's even a quest in the game that refers to it as "Outlands". If Blizzard can make that mistake I'm sure we can let it slide on a blog. ^_~
KenMo Dec 2nd 2008 7:40AM
Thanks Dan (may I call you Dan... good. Thanks!)
I appreciate these "round-up" articles. I always find a few that I've missed or overlooked.
PS
I love the way you write. I can't remember the last time I saw an article online that used the word "wont" (yes I knew that it wasn't "won't" that was missing an apostrophe).
Nice word-o-the-day.
Axolotl Dec 2nd 2008 7:58AM
I agree with the fact that they should at least start giving outland gems (maybe a Goblin outpost for the consortium)
Bad Mojo Dec 2nd 2008 8:48AM
So with this extra long maintenance, is it possible they will finally fix the f*&k up from the Great Mail Crash of '08?
I never got back the proceeds or items I had up on the auction block... shafted me a good 600G.
Firestride Dec 2nd 2008 10:13AM
Boy, just about every class has something about rep rewards or items. Or something. Anything about Druids in the pipeline?
SnippyMcPhail Dec 2nd 2008 10:33AM
On the topic of extended maintenance... is anyone else having issues with the official wow forums? Guildies and friends can get in just fine... I keep getting kicked to the password recovery page and then being told my email address doesn't exist.
...Tuesday glitches with only some players?? Or am I completely screwed!?
Vendrill Dec 2nd 2008 10:36AM
Yes, Pally Nerf-Bat...To the Ground & all that. (Sorry pallies, but we all know that it's necessary.)
NOW, CAN WE PLEASE NERF THESE RIDICULOUS DEATH KNIGHTS????
razjaro Dec 2nd 2008 2:00PM
QQ more, just learn to kill them, dont ask for nerf they are ok.
p.d. play hard go Hatefull
Vendrill Dec 2nd 2008 5:31PM
Nerf the razjaro...oh wait, he doesn't need a nerf.
Chris Dec 2nd 2008 2:05PM
Yeah but they are actually saposed to be stronger if you go by the way other games had them. I mean i know they can't make them to how strong they were before because then they would 1-2 shot the other types of toons.